Neil Young does throw in a major seven chord here and there, so if you’re a new guitar player learning Neil Young songs, you’ll learn some seven chords, and some different positions. Nothing too complicated, just enough to kind of open up your knowledge a little bit. Jesse Harris Read Quote
I usually make records very quickly. I usually go in and record them and mix them, and I’m done within a couple of weeks. Jesse Harris Read Quote
To be honest, making albums is really never easy. It’s always a bit excruciating because there’s always this fight to make it great, and then you hit these stumbling blocks along the way. Jesse Harris Read Quote
Have I learned something from making records? Yeah, I’ve learned a lot, because I’ve not only made eleven of my own records, I’ve also probably produced that many records for other artists, and then I’ve probably played on, or been a large part of another eleven records with other people. Jesse Harris Read Quote
If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it’s a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that. Jesse Harris Read Quote
In the past, I’ve been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about them. Jesse Harris Read Quote
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was ‘Romeo & Juliet’? How long were they together? A few days. Jesse Harris Read Quote
If you write a song, and you go into a restaurant, and there’s a guy with a piano singing and he’s playing piano, singing your song, or you hear it at a wedding or at an airport… it’s fun! Jesse Harris Read Quote
When you first start singing something after you’ve written it, it has this sort of sparkle to it. And if you capture that, that’s luck. Jesse Harris Read Quote
When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life. Jesse Harris Read Quote
